Still Water (Love)

"Still Water (Love)" is a 1970 hit single written by Smokey Robinson and Frank Wilson, who also produced the track for Motown singing group The Four Tops, who took the song to the top ten of the UK pop charts and the top twenty of the US pop chart. The socially conscious single was a departure from the group's past recordings and produced a smoother sound than the raucous Norman Whitfield productions that belayed on The Temptations. The single features Miracles member Marv Tarplin on guitar and Telma Hopkins, Joyce Vincent Wilson, and Pamela Vincent (future members of Tony Orlando and Dawn) adding in additional background vocals shouting out still water! The single became The Tops' first top ten R&B single since 1967's "Bernadette".

Personnel

• Lead vocal by Levi Stubbs
• Background vocals by Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Lawrence Payton and Renaldo "Obie" Benson
• Additional background vocals by Telma Hopkins, Joyce Vincent Wilson, and Pamela Vincent
• Produced by Frank Wilson
• Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers:
  • Uriel Jones: drums
  • James Jamerson: bass
  • Robert White: guitar
  • Eddie "Chank" Willis: guitar
  • Joe Messina: guitar
  • Marv Tarplin (of The Miracles): guitar
  • Jack Ashford: vibes
  • Earl Van Dyke: keyboards

External links

• Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

v t e Four Tops Abdul "Duke" Fakir Ronnie McNeir Roquel Payton Harold Bonhart Levi Stubbs Renaldo "Obie" Benson Lawrence Payton Theo Peoples Studio albums Four Tops (1964) Four Tops' Second Album (1965) On Top (1966) Reach Out (1967) Yesterday's Dreams (1968) The Four Tops Now! (1969) Soul Spin (1969) Still Waters Run Deep (1970) Changing Times (1970) Nature Planned It (1972) Keeper of the Castle (1972) Main Street People (1973) Meeting the Minds (1974) Night Lights Harmony (1975) Catfish (1976) The Show Must Go On (1977) At The Top (1978) Tonight! (1981) One More Mountain (1982) Back Where I Belong (1983) Magic (1985) Hot Nights (1986) Indestructible (1988) Albums with The Supremes The Magnificent 7 (1970) The Return of the Magnificent Seven (1971) Dynamite (1971) Other albums Four Tops Live! (1966) Live & in Concert (1974) Christmas Here With You (1995) The Ultimate Collection (1997) Lost & Found: Breaking Through (1999) Singles "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" (1965) "It's the Same Old Song" (1965) "Reach Out I'll Be There" (1966) "Standing in the Shadows of Love" (1966) "Bernadette" (1967) "If I Were a Carpenter" (1967) "Walk Away Renée" (1968) "Still Water (Love)" (1970) "It's All in the Game" (1970) "River Deep – Mountain High" (1971) "MacArthur Park" (1971) "A Simple Game" (1972) "Keeper of the Castle" (1972) "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)" (1973) "When She Was My Girl" (1981) "Loco in Acapulco" (1988) Related topics Discography Members Holland–Dozier–Holland The Supremes Book:Four Tops

v t e Four Tops singles discography 1960s 1964 "Baby I Need Your Loving" "Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worth While)" 1965 "Ask the Lonely" "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" "It's the Same Old Song" "Something About You" 1966 "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" "Reach Out I'll Be There" "Standing in the Shadows of Love" 1967 "Bernadette" "7-Rooms of Gloom" / "I'll Turn to Stone" "You Keep Running Away" 1968 "Walk Away Renée" "If I Were a Carpenter" "Yesterday's Dreams" "I'm in a Different World" 1969 "What Is a Man" "Do What You Gotta Do" "Don't Let Him Take Your Love from Me" 1970s 1970 "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" (re-issue) "It's All in the Game" "Still Water (Love)" "River Deep – Mountain High" (with The Supremes) 1971 "Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life)" "You Gotta Have Love in Your Heart" (with The Supremes) "In These Changing Times" "MacArthur Park (Part II)" 1972 "A Simple Game" "Bernadette" (re-issue) "Walk with Me, Talk with Me, Darling" "(It's the Way) Nature Planned It" "Keeper of the Castle" 1973 "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)" "Are You Man Enough" "Sweet Understanding Love" 1974 "I Just Can't Get You Out of My Mind" "One Chain Don't Make No Prison" "Midnight Flower" 1975 "Seven Lonely Nights" "We All Gotta Stick Together" 1976 "Catfish" "I'm Glad You Walked into My Life" 1980s 1981 "When She Was My Girl" "Don't Walk Away" 1982 "Let Me Set You Free" "Back to School Again" "Sad Hearts" "Tonight I'm Gonna Love You All Over" 1983 "I Believe in You and Me" "I Just Can't Walk Away" 1985 "Sexy Ways" 1988 "Reach Out I'll Be There" (re-issue) "If Ever a Love There Was" (with Aretha Franklin) "Indestructible" 1989 "Loco in Acapulco" Book:Four Tops